Agriculture in Nepal

Nepal is a country of villages. It is also a land-locked country. Nepal has very less factories. The main occupation of the people is Agriculture. About 90% of the total population depends upon Agriculture can be minimized. Although Nepal is a small kingdom, the climate varies her from tropical hot climate of terai to freezing cold of Himalayas Different types of crops are grown in different variation of the climates. In the plain the land is fertile. The rainfall and other weather conditions are also suitable to grow crops. The main crops grown in the plain are rice, wheat, sugarcane, maize and pulses. Wheat is a winter crop. Jute is another important crop in the plains. There are many factors which have affected our agriculture and the farmers. The most of the farmers are uneducated and therefore they don’t change their primitive method of farming. They don’t use scientific method of farming. Besides, the government is not able to train these farmers for scientific and intensive ways of farming. Although, Nepal is rich in water resources and many places have to depend on monsoon for irrigation. The irrigation facility is still not very wide. Chemical fertilizers are scarce and very costly. People can not afford to buy these chemical fertilizers. There is no good market for their products. Due to the problem of transportation they have to sell their agricultural products in cheap prices. If we are able to train farmers give them good irrigation facility and market and all necessary things we will certainly raise our agriculture.